The White Door
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About the Author
Stephen Chan was a key figure in the New Zealand literary renaissance and the student demonstrations of the late 1960s and early 70s. He helped pioneer modern electoral observation at the elections that gave birth to Zimbabwe, helped in the reconstruction of post-Amin Uganda and in government institution-building in post-Dergue Eritrea and Ethiopia. He has been active in Africa–China trade talks as an adviser to African delegations, in the South Sudanese and Libyan struggles, and in the continuing diplomacy over Zimbabwe. In 2010, the International Studies Association named him Eminent Scholar and he was awarded the OBE. He has published 28 academic books and five volumes of poetry, and is Dean at the School of Oriental & African Studies in the University of London. He has studied martial arts extensively in Japan. As a result of too many adventures, too much thought and too many beatings, neither his brain nor his body function reasonably any more.
Copyright
Published by nthposition press, 38 Allcroft Road, London NW5 4NE
© Stephen Chan 2012. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Magic realism (Literature); Autobiographical fiction; Autobiographies, Fictional; New Zealand – Biography
BIC Subject Categories
BGLA; FA
ISBN 9780954626877 (paperback)
ISBN 9780954626860 (ebook)
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